2011 News:
12 October 2011: General label news.
Finally something
new to report, and the nature of the news is both good and bad.
First the good
news: VERMIN (http://www.myspace.com/verminnl)
has landed a 4 dates supporting GORGOROTH (http://www.gorgoroth.info)
VADER (http://www.vader.pl) and VALKYRJA (http://www.myspace.com/valkyrjaswe)
on their ‘The Sign Of Hell 2011’ tour.
Then the bad, or the
less than good news: we’ve had to discontinue DEBT OF NATURE and VICTIMIZER. We
wish them good luck. Due to the current state of the economy and the expectations
for the mid-term future, we don’t believe that there will be a lot going on at
Deity Down Records in 2012. There even is a good chance that the roster will
decrease to 0 bands before things actually pick up. Just so you know.
11 May 2011: General label news.
Hi there! It has
been a while, hasn’t it? Yes it has. So, time to give you the heads up about
what’s been going on with Deity Down Records.
Let’s discuss the
recent past first. Persistense has completed a NL/BE tour with the mighty and
legendary Bitch (US) and the equally mighty Anger As Art (US). We’ve witnessed
this package in action and it was nothing short of awesome. Thanks to all
involved, and especially Henri (you know who you are!).
Debt Of Nature did
their first NL show at Prilpop, Sevenum, and honestly, their show must’ve been
the tightest, hottest and most exciting one we’ve ever see the band do. Thums
up folks! This makes their forthcoming shows a must see for everybody who’s
reading this. Go to Wemelskirchen (DE) where Debt Of Nature will open for
Morgoth on May 20th!! Go to Fuck The Commerce on June 3rd!!
Go to Celle Rock Fest on June 04th!! And go to Death Over Düsseldorf
too.
Vermin has landed
their first gig after the old line-up disintegrated. The new and rejuvenated
band will be closing act of a festival at Café ‘De Kerel’ in Zundert (NL) on
June 12th.
Victimizer have
successfully integrated Arnold Oude Middendorp into their ranks, and the first
few gigs with Arnold (May 5th, Bevrijdingsfestival, Wateringen, NL)
are already behind us. We hear that the band has gained intensity, rather than
losing any. That’s good! For more dates, visit http://www.myspace.com/victimizernl.
Something
completely different now. Recently we’ve been asked this question a few times:
‘There haven’t been any new releases in your iPool lately. How come’? Well, on
that topic we have something good and bad to report.
The bad news: there
won’t be any new releases until 2012. The good news: there won’t be any new
releases until 2012. Therefore our iPool will be cancelled shortly, since we
don’t see the point of making the monthly costs when it’s just sitting there.
It also means that, when the time comes, real records will be shipped out
again. You may ask yourself why we’ve come to decide to take the rest of the
year off…
Well, that’s
simple. Some of the bands on the roster have had bad luck. Personnel changes
due to which the bookings for shows were put on hold are one of them. What
we’ve always said (no shows = no sales) still goes, so turnover has dropped
(yes, contrary to what the newspapers tell you, there still is a crisis out
there). We’d rather not invest in new signings right now.
That’s all for now
folks! To quote Megadeth: ‘So far so good…so what?’.
29 March 2011: Debt Of Nature news.
Finally, another shred
of news for you to devour. Today the spotlight completely is on our
Düsseldorfer workforce Debt Of Nature. German only!!
Debt Of
Nature Newsletter KW 13 2011
OBSCURITY,
Prilpop Festival, MORGOTH, Celle Rock Festival, Fuck The Commerce XII
Ein Haufen wichtiger und bahnbrechender Ereignisse hat sich in jüngster Zeit
ereignet und zu grandiosen News im DON-Camp geführt. Zunächst einmal steht am
16. April eine Co-Headliner-Show mit den großartigen OBSCURITY in Monheim an.
Danach
spielt die Band ihren ersten Auslands.Gig auf dem traditionsreichen
Prilpop-Festival in Sevenum (NL).
Außerdem wurde die Band sensationellerweise als Support für die wieder
auferstandene Death Metal - Legende MORGOTH in Wermelskirchen bestätigt.
MORGOTH spielen nur zwei Club-Shows in Deutschland, weshalb die Anwesenheit
aller Metalheads mit Geschmack am 20. Mai obligatorisch sein sollte.
Der nächste große Wurf ist die Bestätigung des Slots auf dem ebenfalls
runderneuerten Fuck The Commerce - Festivals, das mittlerweile auf dem Gelände
des Berliner K 17-Clubs stattfindet und das DEBT OF NATURE bereits zum zweiten
Mal in ihrer Karriere spielen werden. Hier trifft man auf Bands wie SINISTER,
FACEBREAKER, GRIND INC., PROSTITUTE DISFIGUREMENT oder KAMPFAR. Gitarrist
Marcus Italiani: 'Wir alle sind wahnsinnig aufgeregt und glücklich, erneut auf
diesem legendären Festival spielen zu können, dessen Bedeutung für die Szene
nicht überbewertet werden kann.'
Einen Tag später fahren unsere Helden nach Celle, wo man gemeinsam mit DRONE,
NEGATOR und MOTORJESUS das Celle Rock Festival spielen wird.
Danach wird man sich wieder intensiver dem Songwriting für die nächste Platte
widmen. Gemäß dem Motto für das dritte Album einer Band 'it makes them or
breaks them' verspricht der Langspieler, ein durchschlagendes Glanzlicht zu
werden. Marcus Italiani: 'Fünf Songs stehen bisher und ich kann sagen, dass wir
die Linie solcher Songs wie 'Blackguard' oder 'Caterpillar Walk' vom letzten
Album noch verfeinert haben. Die heftigen Passagen sind noch zerstörerischer,
es wird noch mehr gethrasht, aber auch die Black Metal-Einflüsse, die zuletzt
Einzug in unseren Sound gehalten haben, konnten noch besser eingebaut werden.
Unsere Fans werden den Kram lieben, da bin ich sicher!'
Crush, Kill & Tour 2011
16.04. - Monheim - Sojus 7
23.04. -
Prilpop Festival, Sevenum (NL)
14.05. -
Bonn, Klangstation
20.05. -
Wermelskirchen, AJZ Bahndamm (mit MORGOTH)
03.06 .-
Berlin, Fuck The Commerce XII
04.06. -
Celle - Celle Rock Festival
22.07. -
Düsseldorf - Death Over Düsseldorf
23.07. -
Düsseldorf - Death Over Düsseldorf
08.10. -
Wülfrath
05 February 2011: Vermin, Persistense, Debt Of Nature and Deity
Down Records news.
Let’s
start off with VERMIN. It’s been really quiet around these guys for a long
time, but they’re about to resurface with a renewed line-up and are just about
ready to take on bookings. Curious? The band’s bio has been updated and can be
found here. Furthermore,
we have proof! The band has put a fair amount of rehearsal tracks online at http://www.reverbnation.com/vermindeathmetal.
Or just hang around here and listen:
Next
up, some hot news. PERSISTENSE
will support Heavy Metal legend BITCH
and thrashers ANGER AS ART on
their upcoming trip to Europe. The following statement (courtesy of ANGER AS ART’s My Space blog)
sheds some light on the matter:
BITCH TO TOUR EUROPE WITH
ANGER AS ART SUPPORTING
Legendary
LA based metal band BITCH (led by front woman Betsy Bitch) will do a short tour
of 3 countries in Europe this spring… culminating in their featured appearance
at Germany’s Keep It True Festival on April 29, 2011. LA’s Anger As Art
will support as both warm-up act on a few dates, and as Betsy’s backing band in
Bitch. (Anger As Art will NOT perform at Keep It True)
“Planning
this tour has been bitter-sweet” says Betsy. “We lost our
drummer/founding member Robby Settles to Leukemia last year, and it took the
wind out of our sails. We already had KIT booked before Robby passed, and
other members were less than enthused about going over to play the show.
When I spoke with our bassist Steve Gaines, he had just played Keep It True
with Abattoir in 2009, and was adamant that it was an opportunity that
shouldn’t be missed. Steve offered that if we couldn’t find anyone to
fill in that Anger As Art would be honored to perform as Bitch. The rest
is history.”
Says
Steve Gaines: “Bitch was a huge influence on me, and I have been honored to be
a member for the past 5 years. Needless to say, this has been a very hard
time with Robby’s passing. However, I can say that there are no better
guys to ‘be’ Bitch than AAA. We all used to see each other at Bitch shows
in LA back in the 80’s, and respect Betsy and their heritage – and that is what
we plan to do. Give metal fans in Europe Bitch in full effect.”
Also on
the tour package will be Netherlands Metal band Persistense.
The dates are as follows:
Friday 22 April: Little Devil,
Tilburg - Holland
Saturday 23 April: The Rambler,
Eindhoven – Holland
Sunday 24 April: De Vinger, Den
Haag – Holland
Monday 25 April: Metro,
Waarschoot – Belgium
Tuesday 26 April: day off
Wednesday 27 April: De Rots,
Antwerp – Belgium
Thursday 28 April: day off
Friday 29 April: KIT Germany
Our German pearls that go by the
moniker DEBT OF NATURE
has published a new newsletter, which they have been doing periodically. From
this point in time on we’ll not only publish that to our contacts in the media,
but here as well, so here we go (German only, sorry!!):
DEBT
OF NATURE – Newsletter KW 05
Festivalsaison
Ein
hartes neues Jahr wünschen die Thrashing Death Grinder von DEBT OF NATURE der
Gemeinde und warten sogleich mit einigen genialen Neuigkeiten auf.
Kaum hat
man die Bühne des Battles In The Norf
stilecht zerlegt, stehen auch schon die neuesten Dates der „Crush, Kill &
Tour“ – Reise auf dem Programm.
So sind
die fünf Jungs plus Dame nicht nur für das Celle
Rock Festival am 3. und 4. Juni, das Death
Over Düsseldorf am 22. und 23. Juli, sondern auch für das Prilpop Festival bestätigt worden, das
vom 21. bis 24. April im niederländischen Sevenum.stattfinden wird.
Gitarrero
Marcus: „Bislang laufen die Gigs genial. Wir haben überall volle Häuser und ein
cooles Publikum. Auch die anderen Bands sind genial. Vorneweg möchte ich mich bei
Brutal Unrest, Warfield Within und Path Of Golconda bedanken, mit denen wir die
höchst erfolgreiche Rhein Ruhr Tortour bestreiten und sowohl musikalisch als
auch persönlich super auskommen. Ihr regiert, Jungs!“
Und es
geht weiter…
Crush, Kill & Tour 2011
05.02. –
Aurich – Schlachthof
12.02. –
Mönchengladbach - Step, Metal Mayhem
19.03. –
Halle – Marktwirtschaft
16.04. –
Monheim – Sojus 7
23.04. – Prilpop Festival, Sevenum (NL)
14.05. – Bonn, Klangstation
03.06. – Celle - Celle Rock Festival
21.07. – Düsseldorf - Death Over Düsseldorf
22.07. – Düsseldorf – Death Over Düsseldorf
And finally: a newsworthy fact
of a general nature. Of yourse you knew that this label’s releases are available
to you through just about every retail outlet in the world (but you gotta go
there and ask for them to be ordered in!). You also knew that there’s a genuine
shop section attached this domain where you can fulfill your metal needs. It’s
a tad Spartan, agreed, but it works. Check it out here.
And of course you knew that all of DDR’s releases can be purchased from all
major digital download platforms such as iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody, etcetera.
Well now…
We’re setting up shop at
Facebook too! So if you’re using The Social Network......
20 January 2011: PRESS RELEASE: New vocalist for Victimizer (NL Death).
Effective immediately, ARNOLD OUDE MIDDENDORP (NETHERSTORM,
ex-DEVIOUS, ex-ALTAR) is the new vocalist for Nijmegen, Netherlands based
Death quintet VICTIMIZER (http://www.victimizer.nl; http://www.myspace.com/victimizernl). He is replacing NIELS FEEKES, who chose to dedicate
himself to his family, due to the coming birth of his second child. Niels'
final show with Victimizer was at last December's Eindhoven Metal Meeting.
VICTIMIZER's new full-length 'TALES OF LOSS AND NEW FOUND
SERENITY' (DEITY DOWN RECORDS) recently was released in the BeNeLux
(November 01 2010), and in Germany, Austria, Switzerland (January 14
2011). The album will hit the stores in the rest of the world on February 7
2011. So far this long awaited
label debut CD was given nothing but praise by the international press.
Currently VICTIMIZER's line-up is as follows (left to
right):
Andrew van der Schaft –Guitars
Chris Thompson Rossal - Bass
Arnold Oude Middendorp - Vocals
Richard Sastra - Guitars, Backing Vocals
Romeo Gerrits - Drums
Comments Gerard, owner of Deity Down Records: 'For
Victimizer as well as for their album 'Tales Of Loss And New Found
Serenity', Niels' decision came at the worst possible time
and it affected the planning of band's near future
severely. I urged the band to find a suitable replacement quickly. Victimizer
then came up with Arnold, whom I know from his work with DEVIOUS ('VISION',
Deity Down Records, 2009), and who owns one of the most brutal
voices to be found in the Low Countries. Arnold wasn't asked to quit
Devious, but unfortunately he has."
DEVIOUS’ statement about these events can be read at http://www.devious.nl.
01 January 2011: Happy New Year!
All the best. Motto for 2011: Play live And Prosper (Play
Not, Be Gone).
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